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We live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning. ~ Jean Baudrillard In the era of Atari and Apple monochrome computers, the layperson was limited to simple data processing and a nice game of Pong. For the more engaged end user, technology possessed a winsome quality. Virtual environments […]
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Since virtual life has been on my mind lately, I figured looking at social networking was apropos to the overall discussion. Quite honestly, it’s impossible to see, know, and experience the entire virtual world. It’s constantly expanding and growing and at such a rapid pace. Like others, it’s much more realistic to read and follow […]
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This cartoon about blogging was originally published in the New Yorker in 2005 and created by Alex Gregory. Think about that…2005. Blogging has been around for decades though. Technology moves fast and I’m sure many of you weren’t on the internet as much in 2005 (or maybe you were, tech folks, obviously, but my mother […]
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Please view the Fast Company article here to learn more about these amazing visualizations created by artists, Cullen Miller (music), Nik Hanselmann (visuals), and Gray Area Foundation for the Arts (GAFFTA)! Being a GAFFTA volunteer, I get to work with these incredible minds!! 🙂
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No joke. I’ve got some serious writer’s block the size of the Transamerica Pyramid building. It doesn’t help that I imagine a block of this size wedged into the Temporal lobe of my brain. Granted, this is all imaginary but my brain is feeling the effects of overuse at this very moment. Overall, it has […]
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Over the weekend, I volunteered at the Summer of Smart (SoS) event held at Gray Area Foundation for the Arts (GAFFTA). It was the second hack-a-thon in a series of three. It’s an opportunity for community leaders, developers, designers, journalists, architects, engineers, and all creative types to innovate and affect change in the community. Very […]
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If you’re a performance and/or sound artist, please download the PDF of the Micromanagement Deadline Memo here.
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Today, I had the opportunity to look at Luca Nino Antonucci’s work from his current show, COLLAPSE, at the Wire + Nail Gallery (San Francisco, CA) showing until August 21, 2011. The content of the show is based on light from 13.5 billion years ago. Using advanced photographic technology, which includes an infrared camera along […]
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Go on…click on the Pearl for some awesomeness. You don’t even have to click your heels. I’ve already done that for you. 😉
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writer | artist | scholar
Dorothy R. Santos, Ph.D. 